The variability of presentation for pulmonary embolism (PE) sets the patient and clinician up for potentially missing the diagnosis. Such missed diagnoses occur in approximately...

2025年2月27日 · Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and sometimes fatal disease. The diagnostic approach to PE should be efficient while simultaneously avoiding unnecessary testing so that therapy can be prompt and potential morbidity and mortality avoided. This topic discusses the clinical manifestations and diagnostic evaluation of PE.

2024年12月11日 · Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a blood clot that has arisen from another area obstructs the pulmonary arteries. PE typically originates as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the lower extremities. Together, PE and DVT form the spectrum of venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Pulmonary embolism must be distinguished from other life-threatening causes of chest pain including acute myocardial infarction, aortic dissection, and pericardial tamponade, as well as a large list of non-life-threatening causes of chest discomfort and shortness of breath.

Differential Diagnosis III. Tension Pneumothorax. Rationale: Pneumothorax is the presence of air or gas in the pleural space, usually as a result of a rupture in the visceral pleura or the parietal pleura and chest wall. During inspiration, air accumulates in the pleural space, separating the visceral and parietal pleura.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the occlusion of pulmonary arteries by thrombi that originate elsewhere, typically in the large veins of the legs or pelvis. Risk factors for pulmonary embolism are conditions that impair venous return, conditions that cause endothelial injury or dysfunction, and underlying hypercoagulable states.

Conditions that can cause similar symptoms to pulmonary embolism (PE) include: Other respiratory conditions, such as: Acute bronchitis. Acute exacerbation of asthma. For more information, see the CKS topic on Asthma. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is an important public health problem. In August 2019, the European Society of Cardiology in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society released new guidelines for the diagnosis and management of PE. We discuss the basic changes between these recent guidelines and the previous guidelines that were published in 2014.

In summary, we found that the most reliable indicator of patients with PE is sudden onset dyspnea. Other symptoms include chest pain, fainting (or syncope), and hemoptysis. The occurrence of such symptoms, if not explained otherwise, should alert the clinicians to consider PE in differential diagnosis.

2025年2月27日 · Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and sometimes fatal disease. The diagnostic approach to PE should be efficient while simultaneously avoiding unnecessary testing so that therapy can be prompt and potential morbidity and mortality avoided. This topic discusses the clinical manifestations and diagnostic evaluation of PE.